Travel Health Links

External Links to Travel Medicine Information

Visit these web sites for further Information regarding travelers health issues:

World Health Map

http://healthmap.org/en/

Travel Medicine Program – Public Health Agency of Canada

www.travelhealth.gc.ca

Travel Health Online

www.tripprep.com/scripts/main/default.asp

Travel Health Advisories – Public Health Agency of Canada

www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/pub_e.html

National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/naci-ccni/

Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT)

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/catmat-ccmtmv/

International Travel and Health

http://www.who.int/topics/travel/en/

 www.istm.org

Center for Infectious Disease

www.cdc.gov/travel/

Advice for Safe and Healthy Travel for Students

www.cdc.gov/Features/StudyAbroad/

International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers

www.cdc.gov/travel/www.iamat.org/

Uvic Student Health Services

http://health.uvic.ca/

The Globe and Mail Health Page

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/search/?q=health

For specific concerns please visit the following sites for detailed information. We advise you to read over these files and come to your appointment prepared with your questions.

Children and Immunizations

www.bchealthguide.org/healthfiles/hfile50a.stm

Dukoral for Travellers. BC Health File # 41k

http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthfiles/pdf/hfile41k.pdf

Travellers Diarrhea. BC Health File # 41e

http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthfiles/pdf/hfile41e.pdf

Hepatitis A

http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthfiles/pdf/hfile33.pdf

www.bccdc.ca/imm-vac/VaccinesBC/ImmsVaccineHepA.htm

Hepatitis B

http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthfiles/pdf/hfile25a.pdf

Japanese Encephalitis

www.bchealthguide.org/healthfiles/hfile41h.stm

www.bccdc.ca/dis-cond/a-z/_j/JapaneseBEncephalitis/overview/Japanese+Encephalitis.htm

Malaria. BC Health File # 41f

www.bchealthguide.org/healthfiles/hfile41f.stm

Measles, Mumps, Rubella

www.bchealthguide.org/healthfiles/hfile14a.stm

Meningococcal C Infection: Conjugate Vaccine BC Health File # 23a

www.bchealthguide.org/healthfiles/hfile23a.stm

Oral Rehydration Solutions

www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/info/oral-eng.php

Polio

www.bchealthguide.org/healthfiles/hfile13.stm

www.bccdc.ca/imm-vac/VaccinesBC/PolioVaccine.htm

The Pregnant Traveler

www.bchealthguide.org/healthfiles/hfile41g.stm

www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/info/tp-ve-eng.php

Rabies

www.bchealthguide.org/healthfiles/hfile07.stm

Sexually Transmitted Diseases and the Traveller: BC Health File # 41b
www.bchealthguide.org/healthfiles/hfile41b.stm

Travel Health Kits

www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/info/kit-tp-eng.php

Travelling with Infants and Children. BC Health File # 41d

www.bchealthguide.org/healthfiles/hfile41d.stm

Typhoid. BC Health File # 41j

www.bchealthguide.org/healthfiles/hfile41j.stm

Yellow Fever

www.bchealthguide.org/healthfiles/hfile41i.stm